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Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? This verse from Mary Oliver's poem The Summer Day  inspired Diana Dunbar Place to explore  what she wanted for her own life. She founded Third Act Quest to inspire others to embrace life's possibilities and transitions,  and re-envision and rewrite their life stories. After a 35-year professional career that include...

What do you do when you work with women founders who are reluctant to call themselves 'founders'? You help them walk into their title, and power with integrity, support and some fun. At least that's what you do if you're Rebecca Moore, Founder of In a Nutshell Consulting. Moore empowers mission-based women entrepreneurs to harness their brilliance, crush doubt, and clarify thei...

We all know the signs of adolescence: Identity crises, running with the wrong crowd, rebelliousness, oversleeping.  Sound like what's happening with your brand? Your business? Well,  your brand may be stuck in adolescence, and Evelyn Starr explains how your brand can find itself, grow up and thrive. Evelyn Starr is a brand expert and marketing consultant with over 25 years of marketing strate...

What makes an advertising message successful? What do the best commercials have in common? What exactly is Audio Optometry. We discuss all with Creative Director and Broadcast Producer, Michael Coleman. Recognized among media and entertainment industry leaders for innovative ideas that sell, ColeCuts Creative rose to prominence through their innovative work for major market radio and TV stations a...

Think poetry is relegated to dusty old library book shelves?  Well, poetry is alive and thriving, thanks to emerging poets like Amanda Gorman. Today, another young poet shares her passion for verse, and why it's not only relevant,  but essential.  Sara Letourneau is a poet as well as the managing editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services . In her editing...

In this week's episode, Liz Solar speaks with opera singer Maren Montalbano about creativity, myths around opera, performing during covid, and the 'bodices' that constrain us all. Maren Montalbano is an opera singer, business coach, and writer, whose voice can be heard on three GRAMMY Award-winning albums. When live performances disappeared during the pandemic, she turned her focus...

"Life is what happens while you're making other plans." How many times has the universe interrupted or curtailed those dreams we set up for ourselves? In Gabriela Perreira's case, a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and the medications involved in treating it, led her to a life-altering choice. She'll talk about the journey from early diagnosis to acceptance to sharing her dia...

Marshall McLuhan famously said. "The medium is the message." Okay, but it's the message -what you say, the way you say it and how you present that to the world - that really counts. Whether you’re talking with your partner, your children, or your colleagues – good communication is essential. It can also be difficult to get right.  It's true with the words we speak, and the writ...

Suicide is a leading cause of death in US elementary school–aged children, and the suicide rate in black school-aged children has increased in recent years. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control show a dramatic rise  for young children and adolescents since the epidemic started.  From March through October, 2020  mental health-related emergency department visits rose  24% for children a...

Global problems have been amplified during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some are readily solvable, some will take time. Others have no immediate or foreseeable solution.  There is one issue that can be solved right now: Hunger. A widespread disease that’s easily treatable, and totally curable. Embark speaks with Catherine Drennan Lynn, Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Greater...

The global human trafficking  industry brings in over one hundred and fifty billion dollars annually.  More than 25 million people -- many the most vulnerable among us, including children -- are victims coerced, tricked or forced into indentured servitude.  Sex trafficking is an ever-growing business. During the time of COVID,  business is booming,  but it has become more difficult to uncover traf...

Change. It happens. Do you find yourself mid-career and just not feeling what you do anymore? What now?  Whether you've identified your next step, or need need some direction, Kristen Tagliamonte can help steer you into life's next adventure. Kirsten is  a certified career transitions and leadership coach focused on empowering others to make choices to make change!  As the founder and ow...

Forget Match! Jenny is a PhD biologist set out to inject science into human connections and how we network. After multiple careers which include working with wild birds as a field biologist, as a  PhD at University of Michigan and post doc training at Harvard studying why we age and why cancer causes organ wasting syndrome, Jenny completely turned herself around and became a full-time entrepreneur...

You work hard, but still, not enough clients. First, they have to know how and where to find you. Then they have to know, trust and like you.  Know, like and trust is Robin Samora's specialty. Robin Samora helps small and mid-size businesses increase sales, connect with customers, and gain visibility. Whether it’s writing customized marketing plans for clients or working 1-2-1 to meet their g...

Money is a funny thing. We like to have it and yet we’re often ambivalent about how to spend it, and not always educated about how to maximize our wealth. Seventy-five percent of us wing it in terms of our finances, and don’t ask for help, often to our own detriment.   So, how can we get more financially savvy?  How do we manage wealth when we don’t feel like we have much wealth at all? We’re goin...

Seasons change, and that takes a toll on our skin. Environmental factors, stress, and poor hygiene all contribute to clogged, tired pores. If you can't, or don't want to visit an esthetician, we have an expert on board to share some easy -- and inexpensive ways -- to care for your body's largest organ. For nine years, Alexis Simmons has owned an ecommerce business, working with Roda...

Jon Mattleman knows a thing or two about anxiety. Not only does he help people, especially teens and the adults in their loves, find ways to cope with anxiety, he, too deals with anxiety in his own life. Then again, these days, who doesn't.  As the Massachusetts Clinical Director of Minding Your Mind,  he helps provide mental health education, and strategies to adolescents, teens and young ad...

Everyone has a brand these days. And if you have a business -- or even if you don't -- your brand can be memorable, even influential. And that means having a brand that reflects who you are, not just in business but in life. Rachel Pintarelli from Rock Your Brand hit a  professional wall in April when her rock 'n roll persona no longer reflected where she is now, or  what our current cir...

Imagine a customized vaccine to treat a person's unique type of cancer. Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a world-class hospital for people with cancer. They are developing ground-breaking therapy to treat advanced-stage cancers. Keerthi Shetty serves as a Senior Manger of Strategic Initiatives at Dana-Farber, and is part of the team working on Neo Vax. Keerthi is also a business...

Our guest today is Stela Lupushor, who is on a mission to humanize the workplace. She works with the Conference Board’s Fortune 500 corporations-members on rethinking their workplace strategies. She leads Reframe. Work Inc. and consults on how to create inclusive workplaces through the use of technology, human-centered design, people analytics, and future-thinking, In 2018 Stela founded  amazing.c...

What keeps you up at night? Whatever it is, you can finally get a good night's sleep. Kali Patrick, sleep wellness coach helps tired, stressed-out people - sound familiar - develop habits and strategies during the day that will lead to sweet dreams at night. She shares her own journey from Type-A perfectionist workaholic to a more Zen lifestyle.  Find her practice 'A Journey Into Health&...

We speak with author  E. Dolores Johnson whose book 'Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love' was published June 2. A story of her parents flight from Indiana during the 1940's to escape the state's then-punishing laws against interracial marriage. Last episode, Dolores spoke to Embark about growing up interracial, and black in America, and how we can help...

‘Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.’ Sang John Lennon.  Life’s also full of change. Hear stories of personal challenge, inspiring comebacks, innovations, new developments in science, business and culture, and how we can, and do, navigate to what's next.    

Part one of a conversation with E. Dolores Johnson, who discusses her memoir, Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir on Race, Secrets and Love , published in June by Chicago Review Press. In our discussion through the lens of race, Johnson relates how her black father and white mother fled Indiana in the 1940’s to escape punishing state laws against interracial marriage, and her experience growing up...